First subtitled trailer for Berlinale festival hit 'Tabu'
Adopt Films will release the Portuguese film Stateside in late December
Carloto Cotta and Ana Moreira in "Tabu."
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About a month ago, I posted an early, subtitle-free trailer for Miguel Gomes's "Tabu," a woozy, wistful black-and-white Portuguese romance that I flipped for in Berlin, and which still stands as my favorite new film of 2012 so far.
Chances are some of you admired the glorious imagery and music of the two-minute taster without a clue as to what it was actually about; happily, a subtitled trailer has now been assembled, and Australian distributor Palace Films has kindly let us have the first crack at it. (They'll be backing the film's next international appearance, at the Sydney Film Festival in June.) Adopt Films, meanwhile, has the U.S. right, and has announced a limited release in late December; expect Toronto and perhaps New York fest dates in the fall.
Anyway, take a look after the jump and see if it makes any more sense to you now -- though I'd venture that at least half the film's storytelling lies in its more sensory aspects.
There's a reasonable chance you're looking at one of this year's foreign-language Oscar submissions: the Portuguese selectors entered Gomes's far more opaquely difficult "Our Beloved Month of August" a few years back, so it seems likely they'd favor this more widely acclaimed (and audience-friendly) effort.
Incidentally, Portugal's being rather good to me in 2012: in addition to serving up my top film of the year, they're also hosting me at the IndieLisboa Film Festival at the end of this month. Keep an eye out for some festival reports from sunny Lisbon as an appetizer to May's Cannes coverage.
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Best Picture
Best Director
Best Actor
Best Actress
Best Supporting Actor
Best Supporting Actress
Best Adapted Screenplay
Best Original Screenplay
Best Cinematography
Best Costume Design
Best Film Editing
Best Makeup And Hairstyling
Best Original Score
Best Original Song
Best Production Design
Best Sound Editing
Best Sound Mixing
Best Visual Effects
Best Animated Feature Film
Best Documentary Feature
Best Foreign Language Film
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April 16, 2012 at 1:31PM EST Reply to CommentHi.
I'm from Portugal and a daily reader/visitor of In Contention. I live in Lisbon.
If you need any help going around Lisbon, I'll be more htan happy to help you with the best spots! :-)
Guy Lodge Thanks, Mike -- that's very kind! It won't be my first time in Lisbon -- wonderful city.
April 16, 2012 at 3:04PM ESTMykill
April 16, 2012 at 1:40PM EST Reply to CommentThis trailer definitlely makes a little more sense, and looks like the type of film that would be really satisfying to discover at film festival (hopefully some of the other East Coast film festivals will program this in the fall as well...)
So happy for you getting to go to Portugal to attend the festival there. I promise I won't be too jealous as long as you continue to post excellent festival coverage ;^P.
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April 16, 2012 at 3:10PM EST Reply to CommentThis looks awesome no doubt.